My mom took a more balanced approach. Maybe because I have dark hair and naturally thick brows she taught me about cleaning them up around the edges, but warned me about over plucking, which she did in the 70’s. I have never let anyone touch my brows.
@@pareid0lia_effectoof this can be irritating to the skin. and the hair can grow back quicker because you’re not removing it at the root. and you might shave too much off accidentally.
I loved how you said that even the most (compared to a today standard) unflattering looks should feel nostalgic and just remind us of that particular time in life. And as they say... it's just makeup, it washes off!❤
Yeah like what is the point? Why do some have the need to comment on people? Also in private settings. We shouldn’t tear down people on the regular when watching tv with our partners. How people look shouldn’t be a topic of conversation.
Xennial here. My biggest takeaway from this video is that I’m so glad I don’t have tik tok. Who tf cares about trends, just express yourself anyway you want. Why care what other people think? Be free, people.
Am I the only one that grew up fat and just accepted being ugly and now all of these trends don't affect me at all?? I feel really sorry for everyone hyperfixating on all of those things, I'd wish we were nicer to each other ❤❤
I didn't grow up fat but, I didn't care that other people thought I was ugly so there was always that. I like some trends but I don't CARE to follow them and that's the part that bewilders me! How people will change immediately because something is a new trend and not think twice if it suits them or if they even like it! I'm 30 and some my age or even older try to follow trends that younger people like and I just think that by this age they should be more certain of what THEY like and not be like "I put on a lip gloss because apparently matte lips are out!" like damn, wear what you like, try out trends that seem fun and aim to be comfortable and happy with your appearance, people. You're nice to feel sorry for them, I feel like I'm getting frustrated by the people in my life who are like this 😅
Agree that colour analysis should be a “guide”. It’s wild seeing people throw away clothes and makeup and just decide to never wear a specific set of colours?! I actually think it can be a bold choice to go against “your” colours and wear something that makes you look striking instead. Like wear that lilac eyeshadow if you’re olive, you’ll look even more green but that’s kinda cool!
Sometimes wearing a colour that isn't "harmonious" to your natural colouring can give an edgy look. It doesn't always have to be a bad thing. I got colour analysis done and I'm thankful I did because I can turn to those colours when I'm lazy and don't want to think hard about what clothes or makeup to wear, but it's really just a guide.
A true sign of self confidence and assured ness is doing things that make you happy and knowing it won’t be accepted by everyone ❤❤ I do also fear that teens obsession with looking good disallows them to realize that looking good is probably the least interesting thing
Dark under eye circles are now trendy?? Wow, I’m suddenly the trendiest person around 😅😂 On another note, you do not need to change how you look because of rude comments!! Or any kind of comments. You do you 😊
As a millennial I got to grow up without the “social media matrix”. Those times in my youth are so precious and nostalgic to me, it was a different world (scary because it wasn’t even long ago, but feels like it was 100 years ago). Many of my female millennials and gen x friends have a similar mindset that you do. This video was SO it. Please keep making stuff like this. We need these voices, especially for Gen z and younger-they have to be so strong at such a young age because of fleeting trends and social pressure that is VERY hard to avoid. Critical thinking and “taking things with a grain of salt” is more crucial now than ever. I love your content, Kait. 🫶🏼
I have naturally thick brows; when I was younger, estheticians would suggest that I thin them out, but I said no. Random women who were much older than me would say to me that they loved my brows, they looked like Elizabeth Taylor’s, and advised me never to let anyone pluck them into a thin brow. Thank you ladies for the good advice 😍
Personally I’ve been appreciative of the thinner brows trend because I am realising it suits my features better. I haven’t even gone really 90’s thin, just a little thinner than I used to go, and I feel it’s a big difference!
Same!! I had thin brows back in the day, then just panicked for like 15 years because skinny brows weren't cool anymore, but I didn't look good with thicker brows - so I was constantly trying to keep them thick but would always pluck them a little too thin because it looked better on my face. So annoying! Within the past year I finally felt confident enough to go back to a skinny, SKINNY brow, and holy crap, they look SO much better. I am never going back, trends be damned.
Another problem with color analysis is that everyone is suddenly an expert on it and sell their "services" which can be misleading and end up mistyping their clients, this because of the seasonal approach itself that uses a romantized language instead of actual color theory, this results on people believing what they're been told instead of being critical of what they actually see when wearing certain colors, they even talk about colors like "us this a Bright spring or a cool winter blue" thinking they can ONLY wear the one that's specific of their subseason, like... Girl, both share the exact same characteristics of being blue and bright, it won't necessarily make such a difference 😅
I’m a big fan of the colour season systems but not as a really strict thing! I love the idea of a trend that actually does focus more on what works best for you specifically as opposed to what’s trendy. But I look at the whole idea as more of a spectrum of best colours to not so best colours! Not that only certain colours are ok for me and the rest are off limits.
Seriously!!!!? As an artist with neutral-warmish skin, I wish people would just take a few selfies in different lighting conditions and then use the color picker from Instagram to create different skin lighting "pallettes" and then put that color next to some Pinterest pins . They would save so much money.
"Color Me Beautiful" right? I cannot believe it's here again - I first had my colors done by a friend who was about to devote her life to this overrated concept as one of the first consultants. It was in the 1970s and it hasn't changed a bit. Go your own way -- you spend this video talking about individualism and not listening to social media critics-- and Color Me Beautiful is yet another "do this don't do that.." Time to find your own self respect and sense of self- and not relying on the trends in videos. Your real self is what's there when the phone is off and so is your make up.
also idk i’m sorry but why can’t we all just do what we want? and wear what we want? not having that *thing* necessarily be aligned with what *suites* you the best - who’s cares uh
The androgyny thats bleached brows bring to the table is so fascinating because are such a defining feature. I hadn’t thought about the fact that brows could factor into gender expression but i absolutely agree that they could!!
Dude, facial symmetry is just eugenics, like let’s talk about which ethnicities are best based on nose shape, this isn’t new, not calling it what it is is dangerous
I am soooooo glad that as I’ve aged(my current age is 53), I give less & less sh#ts about what others think. Trends for makeup, clothing etc, I rarely pay attention to them. I pretty much wear a full face of makeup 5 days a week, weekends too if I’m going out. I wear bold wild color combos on my eyes and glitter etc.... it’s art-for the face. If you don’t like the way I look, look somewhere else! I do my makeup for me, not others lolzzzzz 😂
lol same! I work in non profit PR, so I do have a special (boring) routine for events or when I may need to do media, as my artsy eyes do not translate to video well. but 90% of the time, I’m just at the office or doing informal outreach visits, and I love decorating myself! It’s funny, I do a fully “done” eye, then the rest of my face is meant to look as natural as possible. I like a k beauty face with a western eye look lol. Mmmm I did olive & emerald yesterday, what shall today be?
@@montananerd8244 ohhhhhhh green is my favorite color, it sounds fabulous! Imma Taurus we are an earth sign that loves blues greens and earthy browns 💋👏🏻❤️
I absolutely love your “photo time capsule” and I completely agree with you on these points!!! Makeup and beauty are about creativity and self-expression, and we should celebrate that. It’s beautiful that we have this particular outlet. And yes, we are damaging kids by not allowing them to have “messy” phases.
Also - people like you, influencers who say, “I’m making this beauty choice because I want to and I don’t care what others say,” is the kind of role model we need for young people.
Also for those who dont know, Russia is invading sovereign country Ukraine in Europe! But yeah i live beauty but are are heading toward being dangerously fixated on our looks, just the pandemic of fillers that are proven to be dangerous to health and in long term actually wih migrating they make people look actually older!
You do realize you clicked on a video about beauty trends, right? It is ok for people to be concerned about young women being bullied online and the damage that can do to their psyche AND ALSO be concerned about the atrocities going on in the world. You coming on here with these comments is really giving performative anger.
WAIT WAIT WAIT THE PICTURE OF YOU WITH THE BLUE SCARF AND THE BANGS???? Kait I literally had to go back and just STARE at it omg that is such a beautiful picture of you, first of all, but it’s just such a cool and like,, editorial image in general. I love it so much thank you for sharing that one :))
I am not on TickTock and I have to say, I have never been happier. I have never heard of some of these trends and I am thankful for that. 🙂 Really appreciate the intelligent commentary.
Kait this was very informative and you surely did as usual a great amount of work here. Kait you are one of a kind and I see great things in your future as a RUclipsr as you are very unique with your content. I really appreciate you and all of your hard work, you go girl!
Also really glad I grew up before the age of social media. And as someone who’s not on TikTok, I appreciate you making this conversation interesting and digestible for me. Yay for Thumper! Also, I think one of the things I’ve appreciated about watching certain actresses age, is they haven’t appeared to get work done. They are more striking to me because of it. I know Maggie Smith was a tremendous talent in general, but I also liked watching her in her later roles because she felt real overall.
Person of a certain age here, what an education for me. My kids are grown, so thankfully out of this obsession with external looks and more into health. It is so sad to me that so many people obsess about these issues. I still say the best decade for hair and bands was the 80's, self acceptance is part of maturity and as the last video said(in harsher terms), ignore the haters cause they will always be there-you are enough, just the way you are.
as someone who's done art their whole life, colour analysis rubs me the wrong way because it's so simplified. I get that colour theory can be hard but it's not a monumental task to learn. if you can sit around and learn colour analysis, you can do the same with colour theory.
15:10 I would LOVE a whole video about pretty privilege. Ik there are a ton already, but ur takes r always so respectful and well thought out so I would love to hear u talk about that
Controversial opinion but choose your brows depending on facial features. Kate Moss suits thin brows as really delicate bone structure. Softer facial features or larger nose etc suit softer, thicker brows
I would argue that people look more similar than before, because of the rise of plastic surgery and the discouragement of people doing their makeup different from the flavor of the month
As someone who lived through the late 90s and 2000s there are so many people from that era that regret plucking their eyebrows, I recommend using a mini shaver and keeping eyebrow plucking to a minimum
the under-eye trend reminds me of when I hated my tan skin because I thought that's what made me ugly as a child but then girls were getting tans as teens and noted they loved my skin. I just learned this undereye trend so maybe I should love my hereditary undereyes I always hated and embrace it lol.
@@marla9193 I gotta say, it’s my favorite app. I have a separate account for when I need to research beauty and influencer content for my RUclips videos so I don’t mess up my algorithm on my main account. My regular tiktok account has a PERFECT algorithm - puppies, ASMR, relaxing cooking content, funny videos, etc. It’s a great app because the algorithm adjusts so quickly to what you want to see. Just don’t look watch influencers.
The only thing I regret about my thinner brows is the length. I plucked them with too much of a gap over my nose. I've been plucking my eyebrows since I was 13, and I'm 62. They ain't coming back!!
I do agree with your color analysis. I do also sometimes ignore mine - because ART 🎨👩🏻🎤 You can wear your “least best shades” away from your face. Intense Navy, Black, and brights are not right for me. I can get away wearing those colors just as pants & coordinating my top & jewelry with shades that better suit me. I’ll wear black yoga pants with a top suited to my color scheme; I’m a soft summer.
I think that people are right to warn that overplucking eyebrows are permanent, because a person could regret that decision in the future- I definitely recommend putting concealer onto eyebrows and drawing thin eyebrows on top first, so they can test drive the look first
People feel so terrible about themselves for no reason. It's so discouraging to me as someone in the beauty industry, it makes me wonder if i am capitalizing on people's insecurities. Too many people ask if I can fix their microscopic "flaws". For me, beauty is fun, exciting, and good for my health and I wish other people got to experience that without the additional baggage.
I just shave my brows if I want to change them, they grow back superfast of course but I like that, I like to change them whenever I feel like it and they just grow back.
Anyone who hates on your brows is just jealous. I overplucked mine when I was younger and they never fully came back. I'd kill to have bigger brows like you do 😩
The lighthearted ending with thumper immediately put a smile on my face after such serious topics that make me question humanity and I thank you immensely for that 🥰
I love how you portrayed looking back on yourself and styles you did. That is exactly how people should, with a fondness of the good times. It’s silly to just constantly be so hard on ourselves for NO reason… and in the past?? Ugh 😅 the positive opinions and portrayal in this video I just totally agree with. Imagine even explaining makeup blindness to more youth… it’s just a set up for even more unneeded sadness over just looks…. ❤
The brows, I was in college in 99-2003, and I went with the thin brows. They did grow back some, but never to what they were. Then I developed hoshimotos, and as is typical with hypothyroidism, my brows have thinned again. I had powder brow tattooing done over the summer and I LOVE it. But, I wasn’t happy with how thin and uneven my brows were. Thin brows look great on a lot of people. Do I regret it…I don’t know. But isn’t that part of the fun looking back on trends!
Your brows are gorgeous now. I, too, was told by my mother to never touch mine but in my 20s, I caved into an aesthetician pressuring me once and allowed her to do some plucking and my mom noticed immediately. Now I’m 43 and I’m so glad I [mostly] heeded her advice! 😂
This is this first video of yours that I have seen. I just want to say that you are such a breath of fresh air compared to all the toxic gas produced by social media. So often people get so caught up with staying on trend that they don't actually stop to think or reflect. We don't all have to be the same and our uniqueness is what makes us beautiful 💕
I LOVE the more natural looking eyebrows. Not so much thick or thin. Just nicely groomed natural looking brows. Tortured anything is never great. I believe nostalgia is a trap. I can’t go back and be the person I was in the past. I can’t be my younger self, I want to be the best version of myself now.
The photo you shared of your teased out hair really got me. Fantastic. RE: undereye circles - mine are both hereditary bags and circles, and when I try to "hide" them, the worse I look in any makeup, so I've quit. Lastly, I'd hate for all of us to look the same through every era, because it would be a damn shame if we didn't keep the memories, as you said. (I wore a crap-ton of copper and red eyeshadow with heavy eyeliner and mascara and glossy red lips in '04-'06 because I had *just* enough money to buy some MAC cosmetics. It was an interesting time, to say the least!)
As a white woman with hereditary dark circles that I have spent my entire life trying to cover up, I want to slap these women that think it is "cool" and use makeup to deliberately make their undereyes darker. I have had people ask me if I have been in an accident, if I am sick, or if someone hit me. It isn't "cool". If you do not have dark circles, you should be grateful, not use makeup to give yourself dark circles.
I don't pluck my eyes as pencil thin as I did in the 00s, but I've always preferred them on the thinner side than what's been trendy in the last 10-12 years. Thinner brows just look better in me.
WOW, i love that you said this!! people have gotten faaar too comfortable sharing their opinions. they’ve totally dismissed the concept of respect and the idea of minding their own business in the name of their opinion & selfish need to provide unsolicited feedback.. sadly since I noticed this years ago it’s trended & only gotten worse :(
As someone with naturally thin brows with dermatitis I am LOVING that thin brows are becoming trendy again but in a more modern way. Trying to fake the thick, defined brow look with my seborrheic dermatitis flared up was an absolute nightmare. Like you said I’m really glad that there seems to be more room for different trends and styles in different places. In the past there definitely was more pressure to conform to certain trends.
i'm so lucky to be a gen Z who was a kid/tween during the time where i wasn't using apps like tiktok to make me self conscious about the way i looked. i was allowed to be weird or plain looking without people on my phone judging me and putting me down. now as an 18 year old i feel so much more happy with the way i look than most people my age who spent all their time on tiktok, it's so sad that these people will probably become even more self conscious about themselves as they age and become "old" according to what the next generation deems that to be
I had "pillow face" because I was on steroids for a couple years to fight an autoimmune issue. I assumed the celebs who looked "puffy" were just aging or on a medication that causes swelling. Silly me. I don't automatically think 'filler" or "botox" when I see someone's face change a little as they get older. Weight loss/weight gain can change your appearance. So can illness.
@@StateofKaitMy rheumatologist talked to me about what she termed “moon face” to describe my round, fuller face due to almost a year of steroid epidurals. She didn’t refer to it as pillow face.
YES I love thin brows!!!!!! And THANK YOUUU, I’m so tired of millennials telling us we shouldn’t try thin brows! 😭 I’ve had thin brows for 3 years now and I don’t regret it one bit 💅
I truly love your channel! Trends are just that - trends! If people could just learn to live and let live regardless of age or genre, life would be so much softer xx
I think you could do a thinner brow without plucking, all you need to do is comb them horizontally and maybe use a razor to make the ends a litte sltraighter, that’s all I do 💁🏻
I hadn't considered that, thanks! I only pluck little stray hairs so I'm terrified of touching my brows, but I'd really like a little more shape to them.
I was going to say that, too. You can just brush the bottom part of the brow up, and the top part down, to get them into a thinner shape without losing any hairs. I did this in the early 2000s instead of plucking them super thin, thank God, because they never recovered from the relatively restrained plucking I did do. (Which we were all warned not to do by mothers who obliterated their own brows in the 70s)
Have to chime in and say, I honestly think that the thin brow filter looks amazing on you! You’ve got the face for it. Looks very cute and feminine. I definitely think brow thickness just depends on the rest of your face whether it looks good or not.
I couldn't agree more about this entire video - especially the overly critical lense towards us with our older makeup trends and looks. It's an extremely harmful trend that people are masking as something fun.
Kait, honestly, those Tik Tok videos or wherever they came from are the stupidest things I've ever seen. I mean if their main concern in life, is eyebrow blindness, then they must lead such peaceful, perfect lives. As I've had two friends die of drowning in the mountains of NC, I struggle from check to check to either pay the electric bill or buy dogfood, and save up every dollar so MAYBE I can afford some of the makeup you guys show, which of course is no shade on you, I love your videos. But I think it's freakin pathetic that they're worried about their eyebrows when the death toll is rising in NC and nobody seems to care.
Thank you for a reality check about fashion trends. This never took up so much of our time before social media!! More and more destruction occurs because it seems that people aren't concerned with character as much as appearance.
We as a culture need to spend less time looking at TikTok and Instagram, and more time together having actual conversations. Wouldn’t that be refreshing?
I think color analysis is good for someone like me, who already has a restrictive wardrobe. I was one of those people who say black is the only color that suits me. Color analysis really helped me try new colors and finally I have more colors in my wardrobe and I do feel good in them. I dont see myself ever throwing a good piece of clothing away because “it’s not my color”. Thats just classic TikTok overconsumption.
I think it’s valid to warn people that plucking your brows can be permanent and pointing out that you might regret it later.
Absolutely! That’s why I warned people about it. That’s different than telling people not to touch their brows at all.
My mom took a more balanced approach. Maybe because I have dark hair and naturally thick brows she taught me about cleaning them up around the edges, but warned me about over plucking, which she did in the 70’s. I have never let anyone touch my brows.
Yes, I agree. I am speaking from experience :(
How about you don’t pluck them? - and shave them? with a tiny razor?
@@pareid0lia_effectoof this can be irritating to the skin. and the hair can grow back quicker because you’re not removing it at the root. and you might shave too much off accidentally.
I loved how you said that even the most (compared to a today standard) unflattering looks should feel nostalgic and just remind us of that particular time in life. And as they say... it's just makeup, it washes off!❤
Love this!
I couldn’t agree more that we as a society are way to comfortable commenting on peoples appearance. We are feelings blind
100% people have become viscous in comments, it puts me off even voicing my thoughts sometimes cos I can’t be bothered with a argument or debate 😮
Yeah like what is the point? Why do some have the need to comment on people? Also in private settings. We shouldn’t tear down people on the regular when watching tv with our partners. How people look shouldn’t be a topic of conversation.
Xennial here. My biggest takeaway from this video is that I’m so glad I don’t have tik tok. Who tf cares about trends, just express yourself anyway you want. Why care what other people think? Be free, people.
Am I the only one that grew up fat and just accepted being ugly and now all of these trends don't affect me at all??
I feel really sorry for everyone hyperfixating on all of those things, I'd wish we were nicer to each other ❤❤
I didn't grow up fat but, I didn't care that other people thought I was ugly so there was always that. I like some trends but I don't CARE to follow them and that's the part that bewilders me! How people will change immediately because something is a new trend and not think twice if it suits them or if they even like it! I'm 30 and some my age or even older try to follow trends that younger people like and I just think that by this age they should be more certain of what THEY like and not be like "I put on a lip gloss because apparently matte lips are out!" like damn, wear what you like, try out trends that seem fun and aim to be comfortable and happy with your appearance, people. You're nice to feel sorry for them, I feel like I'm getting frustrated by the people in my life who are like this 😅
Agree that colour analysis should be a “guide”. It’s wild seeing people throw away clothes and makeup and just decide to never wear a specific set of colours?! I actually think it can be a bold choice to go against “your” colours and wear something that makes you look striking instead. Like wear that lilac eyeshadow if you’re olive, you’ll look even more green but that’s kinda cool!
Sometimes wearing a colour that isn't "harmonious" to your natural colouring can give an edgy look. It doesn't always have to be a bad thing. I got colour analysis done and I'm thankful I did because I can turn to those colours when I'm lazy and don't want to think hard about what clothes or makeup to wear, but it's really just a guide.
Im Asian olive, and lemme tell u I looooook like a sickening walking corpse with lilac 😂
And i wear purple and GREEN eyeshadow together
Yeah, I do not wish to look more green. 😂 nooo. I'm good. I will something a bit more complimentary thank you 😊
A true sign of self confidence and assured ness is doing things that make you happy and knowing it won’t be accepted by everyone ❤❤ I do also fear that teens obsession with looking good disallows them to realize that looking good is probably the least interesting thing
Teens are not obsessed with looking good, but with not being singled out and bullied. You've watched too many "teen" movies, it seems.
Dark under eye circles are now trendy?? Wow, I’m suddenly the trendiest person around 😅😂
On another note, you do not need to change how you look because of rude comments!! Or any kind of comments. You do you 😊
Every college student and parent are ahead of the curve.
You’re the standard babe lol
As a millennial I got to grow up without the “social media matrix”. Those times in my youth are so precious and nostalgic to me, it was a different world (scary because it wasn’t even long ago, but feels like it was 100 years ago). Many of my female millennials and gen x friends have a similar mindset that you do. This video was SO it. Please keep making stuff like this. We need these voices, especially for Gen z and younger-they have to be so strong at such a young age because of fleeting trends and social pressure that is VERY hard to avoid. Critical thinking and “taking things with a grain of salt” is more crucial now than ever. I love your content, Kait. 🫶🏼
I have naturally thick brows; when I was younger, estheticians would suggest that I thin them out, but I said no. Random women who were much older than me would say to me that they loved my brows, they looked like Elizabeth Taylor’s, and advised me never to let anyone pluck them into a thin brow. Thank you ladies for the good advice 😍
Personally I’ve been appreciative of the thinner brows trend because I am realising it suits my features better. I haven’t even gone really 90’s thin, just a little thinner than I used to go, and I feel it’s a big difference!
Same!! I had thin brows back in the day, then just panicked for like 15 years because skinny brows weren't cool anymore, but I didn't look good with thicker brows - so I was constantly trying to keep them thick but would always pluck them a little too thin because it looked better on my face. So annoying! Within the past year I finally felt confident enough to go back to a skinny, SKINNY brow, and holy crap, they look SO much better. I am never going back, trends be damned.
I like the 1950's and 2000's on that board. Neater I think.
@@whelkpeopleofdoom yep, trends are a menu not an obligation!
I agree! 😊
some people look better in thin brows, some people in thick brows
Brow industry 😂😂 The phrase itself made me laugh, for no reason. The commodification is UNREAL.
Another problem with color analysis is that everyone is suddenly an expert on it and sell their "services" which can be misleading and end up mistyping their clients, this because of the seasonal approach itself that uses a romantized language instead of actual color theory, this results on people believing what they're been told instead of being critical of what they actually see when wearing certain colors, they even talk about colors like "us this a Bright spring or a cool winter blue" thinking they can ONLY wear the one that's specific of their subseason, like... Girl, both share the exact same characteristics of being blue and bright, it won't necessarily make such a difference 😅
I’m a big fan of the colour season systems but not as a really strict thing! I love the idea of a trend that actually does focus more on what works best for you specifically as opposed to what’s trendy. But I look at the whole idea as more of a spectrum of best colours to not so best colours! Not that only certain colours are ok for me and the rest are off limits.
And none of them cater for olive skinned people! I don't think we're such a minority 🫤
Seriously!!!!? As an artist with neutral-warmish skin, I wish people would just take a few selfies in different lighting conditions and then use the color picker from Instagram to create different skin lighting "pallettes" and then put that color next to some Pinterest pins . They would save so much money.
"Color Me Beautiful" right? I cannot believe it's here again - I first had my colors done by a friend who was about to devote her life to this overrated concept as one of the first consultants.
It was in the 1970s and it hasn't changed a bit.
Go your own way -- you spend this video talking about individualism and not listening to social media critics-- and Color Me Beautiful is yet another "do this don't do that.."
Time to find your own self respect and sense of self- and not relying on the trends in videos.
Your real self is what's there when the phone is off and so is your make up.
also idk i’m sorry but why can’t we all just do what we want? and wear what we want? not having that *thing* necessarily be aligned with what *suites* you the best - who’s cares uh
PREACH
The androgyny thats bleached brows bring to the table is so fascinating because are such a defining feature. I hadn’t thought about the fact that brows could factor into gender expression but i absolutely agree that they could!!
Dude, facial symmetry is just eugenics, like let’s talk about which ethnicities are best based on nose shape, this isn’t new, not calling it what it is is dangerous
I am soooooo glad that as I’ve aged(my current age is 53), I give less & less sh#ts about what others think. Trends for makeup, clothing etc, I rarely pay attention to them. I pretty much wear a full face of makeup 5 days a week, weekends too if I’m going out. I wear bold wild color combos on my eyes and glitter etc.... it’s art-for the face. If you don’t like the way I look, look somewhere else! I do my makeup for me, not others lolzzzzz 😂
lol same! I work in non profit PR, so I do have a special (boring) routine for events or when I may need to do media, as my artsy eyes do not translate to video well. but 90% of the time, I’m just at the office or doing informal outreach visits, and I love decorating myself! It’s funny, I do a fully “done” eye, then the rest of my face is meant to look as natural as possible. I like a k beauty face with a western eye look lol. Mmmm I did olive & emerald yesterday, what shall today be?
@@montananerd8244 ohhhhhhh green is my favorite color, it sounds fabulous! Imma Taurus we are an earth sign that loves blues greens and earthy browns 💋👏🏻❤️
I absolutely love your “photo time capsule” and I completely agree with you on these points!!! Makeup and beauty are about creativity and self-expression, and we should celebrate that. It’s beautiful that we have this particular outlet. And yes, we are damaging kids by not allowing them to have “messy” phases.
Also - people like you, influencers who say, “I’m making this beauty choice because I want to and I don’t care what others say,” is the kind of role model we need for young people.
I love your perspective on beauty trends. Thank you for saying out loud that there are no right or wrong answers when it comes to our makeup choices.
When pillow face maxes out, it hits uncanny valley territory. I legitimately have trouble even looking at Nicole Kidman these days.
‘Bullying? eyebrow blindness? We’re all too fixated on ourselves…. There’s a war in the Middle East at moment right?😢
Also for those who dont know, Russia is invading sovereign country Ukraine in Europe!
But yeah i live beauty but are are heading toward being dangerously fixated on our looks, just the pandemic of fillers that are proven to be dangerous to health and in long term actually wih migrating they make people look actually older!
bullying is wrong regardless.
There has been war in the Middle East since WW2 ended.
You do realize you clicked on a video about beauty trends, right? It is ok for people to be concerned about young women being bullied online and the damage that can do to their psyche AND ALSO be concerned about the atrocities going on in the world. You coming on here with these comments is really giving performative anger.
But that's why people got to SM, for escapism. If we constantly worried about world events, we'd all be seriously ill and depressed.
I don’t follow trends as much . I style myself with my own preferences . I don’t have tik tok .This really helps to stay out of the endless trends
You have such a healthy mindset, and I love it!
WAIT WAIT WAIT THE PICTURE OF YOU WITH THE BLUE SCARF AND THE BANGS???? Kait I literally had to go back and just STARE at it omg that is such a beautiful picture of you, first of all, but it’s just such a cool and like,, editorial image in general. I love it so much thank you for sharing that one :))
Wow, thank you! I think that picture is super embarrassing but that’s very sweet of you to say
@@annabelle69 yes love that picture! Those bangs!! So cute
I immediately thought, teen magazine photo shoot. Absolutely stunning.
I THOUGHT THE SAME! It stopped me in my tracks. So fab.
I am not on TickTock and I have to say, I have never been happier. I have never heard of some of these trends and I am thankful for that. 🙂
Really appreciate the intelligent commentary.
Kait this was very informative and you surely did as usual a great amount of work here. Kait you are one of a kind and I see great things in your future as a RUclipsr as you are very unique with your content. I really appreciate you and all of your hard work, you go girl!
Thanks, Joanne! That’s so kind of you to say
Also really glad I grew up before the age of social media. And as someone who’s not on TikTok, I appreciate you making this conversation interesting and digestible for me. Yay for Thumper! Also, I think one of the things I’ve appreciated about watching certain actresses age, is they haven’t appeared to get work done. They are more striking to me because of it. I know Maggie Smith was a tremendous talent in general, but I also liked watching her in her later roles because she felt real overall.
I am talking you out of the thin brows Kait, I love your brows and I think you are naturally so beautiful.
I hope it‘s not wrong of me to say that those thinner brows look absolutely gorgeous on you
Really do!😊
Person of a certain age here, what an education for me. My kids are grown, so thankfully out of this obsession with external looks and more into health. It is so sad to me that so many people obsess about these issues. I still say the best decade for hair and bands was the 80's, self acceptance is part of maturity and as the last video said(in harsher terms), ignore the haters cause they will always be there-you are enough, just the way you are.
I'm from the disco era. We wore thin arched brows and did the hustle and roller skated everywhere. I'm happy the brows grew back 🎉!❤
Totally agree on the color analysis. It should be a tool or guideline not the law!
as someone who's done art their whole life, colour analysis rubs me the wrong way because it's so simplified. I get that colour theory can be hard but it's not a monumental task to learn. if you can sit around and learn colour analysis, you can do the same with colour theory.
15:10 I would LOVE a whole video about pretty privilege. Ik there are a ton already, but ur takes r always so respectful and well thought out so I would love to hear u talk about that
you look so good with thinner brows
She really does. Makes you look so much Sexier I think.😊
Controversial opinion but choose your brows depending on facial features. Kate Moss suits thin brows as really delicate bone structure. Softer facial features or larger nose etc suit softer, thicker brows
I would argue that people look more similar than before, because of the rise of plastic surgery and the discouragement of people doing their makeup different from the flavor of the month
As someone who lived through the late 90s and 2000s there are so many people from that era that regret plucking their eyebrows, I recommend using a mini shaver and keeping eyebrow plucking to a minimum
the under-eye trend reminds me of when I hated my tan skin because I thought that's what made me ugly as a child but then girls were getting tans as teens and noted they loved my skin. I just learned this undereye trend so maybe I should love my hereditary undereyes I always hated and embrace it lol.
You look beautiful in all of your makeup choices. You are lovely.
You cannot pay me enough to join TikTok.
@@marla9193 I gotta say, it’s my favorite app. I have a separate account for when I need to research beauty and influencer content for my RUclips videos so I don’t mess up my algorithm on my main account. My regular tiktok account has a PERFECT algorithm - puppies, ASMR, relaxing cooking content, funny videos, etc. It’s a great app because the algorithm adjusts so quickly to what you want to see. Just don’t look watch influencers.
Just popping in to say YOU'RE A VAMPIRE annnnddd you look great with the thin brows!! 😍😊
The only thing I regret about my thinner brows is the length. I plucked them with too much of a gap over my nose. I've been plucking my eyebrows since I was 13, and I'm 62. They ain't coming back!!
I find your videos really refreshing and addicting. Thanks for the hard work! I appreciate it
I do agree with your color analysis. I do also sometimes ignore mine - because ART 🎨👩🏻🎤
You can wear your “least best shades” away from your face. Intense Navy, Black, and brights are not right for me. I can get away wearing those colors just as pants & coordinating my top & jewelry with shades that better suit me. I’ll wear black yoga pants with a top suited to my color scheme; I’m a soft summer.
I want to talk you out of the thin brows… but they just suit your face so well 😍
I think that people are right to warn that overplucking eyebrows are permanent, because a person could regret that decision in the future- I definitely recommend putting concealer onto eyebrows and drawing thin eyebrows on top first, so they can test drive the look first
People feel so terrible about themselves for no reason. It's so discouraging to me as someone in the beauty industry, it makes me wonder if i am capitalizing on people's insecurities. Too many people ask if I can fix their microscopic "flaws". For me, beauty is fun, exciting, and good for my health and I wish other people got to experience that without the additional baggage.
1:45 I didn’t even know we had a BROW industry. There’s an industry for everything now! lol
I just shave my brows if I want to change them, they grow back superfast of course but I like that, I like to change them whenever I feel like it and they just grow back.
Thank you for this video. I hope tons of people see it and take it to heart.
Deleting TikTok was best decision of this year social media wise)
Every time I do my brows really thin I get so many compliments on them especially when I wear glasses
Anyone who hates on your brows is just jealous. I overplucked mine when I was younger and they never fully came back. I'd kill to have bigger brows like you do 😩
The lighthearted ending with thumper immediately put a smile on my face after such serious topics that make me question humanity and I thank you immensely for that 🥰
Great, my naturally thin brows are in fashion 😂
I love how you portrayed looking back on yourself and styles you did. That is exactly how people should, with a fondness of the good times. It’s silly to just constantly be so hard on ourselves for NO reason… and in the past?? Ugh 😅 the positive opinions and portrayal in this video I just totally agree with. Imagine even explaining makeup blindness to more youth… it’s just a set up for even more unneeded sadness over just looks…. ❤
The brows, I was in college in 99-2003, and I went with the thin brows. They did grow back some, but never to what they were. Then I developed hoshimotos, and as is typical with hypothyroidism, my brows have thinned again. I had powder brow tattooing done over the summer and I LOVE it. But, I wasn’t happy with how thin and uneven my brows were. Thin brows look great on a lot of people. Do I regret it…I don’t know. But isn’t that part of the fun looking back on trends!
Your brows are gorgeous now. I, too, was told by my mother to never touch mine but in my 20s, I caved into an aesthetician pressuring me once and allowed her to do some plucking and my mom noticed immediately. Now I’m 43 and I’m so glad I [mostly] heeded her advice! 😂
This is this first video of yours that I have seen.
I just want to say that you are such a breath of fresh air compared to all the toxic gas produced by social media.
So often people get so caught up with staying on trend that they don't actually stop to think or reflect.
We don't all have to be the same and our uniqueness is what makes us beautiful 💕
I LOVE the more natural looking eyebrows. Not so much thick or thin. Just nicely groomed natural looking brows. Tortured anything is never great.
I believe nostalgia is a trap. I can’t go back and be the person I was in the past. I can’t be my younger self, I want to be the best version of myself now.
The photo you shared of your teased out hair really got me. Fantastic. RE: undereye circles - mine are both hereditary bags and circles, and when I try to "hide" them, the worse I look in any makeup, so I've quit. Lastly, I'd hate for all of us to look the same through every era, because it would be a damn shame if we didn't keep the memories, as you said. (I wore a crap-ton of copper and red eyeshadow with heavy eyeliner and mascara and glossy red lips in '04-'06 because I had *just* enough money to buy some MAC cosmetics. It was an interesting time, to say the least!)
Thumper! Living his best life ❤️
He really is! He turned 12 yesterday 😭
The bleached brows are truly the ugliest trend I’ve ever seen. I hate them SO MUCH. They look horrible on everyone.
😂😂😂😂
As a white woman with hereditary dark circles that I have spent my entire life trying to cover up, I want to slap these women that think it is "cool" and use makeup to deliberately make their undereyes darker. I have had people ask me if I have been in an accident, if I am sick, or if someone hit me. It isn't "cool". If you do not have dark circles, you should be grateful, not use makeup to give yourself dark circles.
Nina Dobrev definitely looks so lovely with thin brows! It just works so beautifully for her face!
The thin brow makes you look like Jennifer Lawerence!
Thank you so much for this video! I really needed to hear this ❤
I don't pluck my eyes as pencil thin as I did in the 00s, but I've always preferred them on the thinner side than what's been trendy in the last 10-12 years. Thinner brows just look better in me.
i really like the trend about the sabrina carpenter look and hope to see more of it. btw incredibly facial harmony on that napping dog
Hahahhhhhhah
Your hair looks so good like this! Feel like it fits really well with your features
Happy birthday thumper!!! I hope you get all the belly rubs and treats!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!! We’re giving him a brisket dinner tonight 😊🐶
WOW, i love that you said this!! people have gotten faaar too comfortable sharing their opinions. they’ve totally dismissed the concept of respect and the idea of minding their own business in the name of their opinion & selfish need to provide unsolicited feedback.. sadly since I noticed this years ago it’s trended & only gotten worse :(
As someone with naturally thin brows with dermatitis I am LOVING that thin brows are becoming trendy again but in a more modern way. Trying to fake the thick, defined brow look with my seborrheic dermatitis flared up was an absolute nightmare. Like you said I’m really glad that there seems to be more room for different trends and styles in different places. In the past there definitely was more pressure to conform to certain trends.
i'm so lucky to be a gen Z who was a kid/tween during the time where i wasn't using apps like tiktok to make me self conscious about the way i looked. i was allowed to be weird or plain looking without people on my phone judging me and putting me down. now as an 18 year old i feel so much more happy with the way i look than most people my age who spent all their time on tiktok, it's so sad that these people will probably become even more self conscious about themselves as they age and become "old" according to what the next generation deems that to be
I had "pillow face" because I was on steroids for a couple years to fight an autoimmune issue. I assumed the celebs who looked "puffy" were just aging or on a medication that causes swelling. Silly me. I don't automatically think 'filler" or "botox" when I see someone's face change a little as they get older. Weight loss/weight gain can change your appearance. So can illness.
Absolutely! But pillow face is not synonymous with puffiness or weight gain, it only refers to the over-injected effect.😊
@@StateofKaitMy rheumatologist talked to me about what she termed “moon face” to describe my round, fuller face due to almost a year of steroid epidurals. She didn’t refer to it as pillow face.
the thin brows would be such a slay on you!
Thank you for all the work you put into these videos! The included quotes from a variety of sources is wonderful.
Glad you like them!
A very thoughtful and considered video - thank you
I have blush blindness, always have because I love blush 😂 am I going to stop, nope.
YES I love thin brows!!!!!! And THANK YOUUU, I’m so tired of millennials telling us we shouldn’t try thin brows! 😭 I’ve had thin brows for 3 years now and I don’t regret it one bit 💅
Your natural eyebrows suit you so well but I miss your eyebrow piercing! That was such a striking and beautiful look ✨✨✨
As a fellow millennial, all of your makeup looks over the years were fire. Beautiful no matter what
I love thinner brows on myself! I have a high forehead so it actually helps it look smaller and I feel like they’re more feminine on myself
those thin brows ate, that pam anderson makeup filter looks amazing on you!
Haha thank you, I was kinda into it 😂
I absolutely love that look.😊
Your videos are always so articulated and informative. Great job
The photo you showed from the past, like, you look fabulous on all of them
I truly love your channel! Trends are just that - trends! If people could just learn to live and let live regardless of age or genre, life would be so much softer xx
Thank you!!
I think you could do a thinner brow without plucking, all you need to do is comb them horizontally and maybe use a razor to make the ends a litte sltraighter, that’s all I do 💁🏻
I hadn't considered that, thanks! I only pluck little stray hairs so I'm terrified of touching my brows, but I'd really like a little more shape to them.
I was going to say that, too. You can just brush the bottom part of the brow up, and the top part down, to get them into a thinner shape without losing any hairs. I did this in the early 2000s instead of plucking them super thin, thank God, because they never recovered from the relatively restrained plucking I did do. (Which we were all warned not to do by mothers who obliterated their own brows in the 70s)
Have to chime in and say, I honestly think that the thin brow filter looks amazing on you! You’ve got the face for it. Looks very cute and feminine. I definitely think brow thickness just depends on the rest of your face whether it looks good or not.
Nina dobrevs problem is not the eyebrows but the upper blepharoplasty
This is interesting. Some of the celebs you showed with “thin brows” weren’t really that thin.
I couldn't agree more about this entire video - especially the overly critical lense towards us with our older makeup trends and looks. It's an extremely harmful trend that people are masking as something fun.
Loved your fun and interesting video, Kait! But I gotta admit, Thumper's nap was the BEST part!! Take good care.
It was his 12th birthday yesterday so I had to throw that in :)
@StateofKait Aww! Happy 12th Birthday to your precious Thumper! May he celebrate many more. 💙
Style changes. It’s supposed. It’s why it’s fun. There’s always a next new design thing. I
Don’t think we need to regret our past trends or styles.
Kait, honestly, those Tik Tok videos or wherever they came from are the stupidest things I've ever seen. I mean if their main concern in life, is eyebrow blindness, then they must lead such peaceful, perfect lives. As I've had two friends die of drowning in the mountains of NC, I struggle from check to check to either pay the electric bill or buy dogfood, and save up every dollar so MAYBE I can afford some of the makeup you guys show, which of course is no shade on you, I love your videos. But I think it's freakin pathetic that they're worried about their eyebrows when the death toll is rising in NC and nobody seems to care.
I’m so sorry, that’s absolutely horrific. Sending you gentle hugs.
@@StateofKait thnx
Thank you for a reality check about fashion trends. This never took up so much of our time before social media!! More and more destruction occurs because it seems that people aren't concerned with character as much as appearance.
We as a culture need to spend less time looking at TikTok and Instagram, and more time together having actual conversations. Wouldn’t that be refreshing?
preach
I think color analysis is good for someone like me, who already has a restrictive wardrobe. I was one of those people who say black is the only color that suits me. Color analysis really helped me try new colors and finally I have more colors in my wardrobe and I do feel good in them. I dont see myself ever throwing a good piece of clothing away because “it’s not my color”. Thats just classic TikTok overconsumption.
Wow this is the first time I’ve watched one of your videos and I enjoy your takes! Refreshing to see someone with the balance you have